Paraguay

• Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 15:44 UTC

  Paraguay ready to receive Lord Cameron to increase links with UK

  

  Paraguay has announced that on Tuesday, 20 February British Foreign Secretary, David Cameron will be making his first official visit to the country, ”a significant milestone in the bilateral relation between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Paraguay.

• Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

  Paraguay's Central Bank lowers interest rates once again

  

  Paraguay's Central Bank (BCP) Monday lowered once again the monetary policy interest rate from 6.50% to 6.25% per annum. It was the seventh straight move in the same direction since August last year, it was reported in Asunción.

• Sunday, February 18th 2024 - 09:36 UTC

  Foreign minister Cameron confirms visit to Falklands, and to Brazil and Paraguay

  

  British foreign minister David Cameron said on Sunday that the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands will not be up for discussion as long as they want to remain a British territory. Cameron is preparing to make the first visit to the Falklands by a cabinet minister since 2016, according to a report from BBC.

• Friday, February 16th 2024 - 11:40 UTC

  Now Argentines do their shopping across the border due to lower prices

  

  After little over two months in office, President Javier Milei has managed to reverse a trend whereby people from neighboring countries crossed the border to do their shopping in Argentina. According to reports from the provinces of Misiones and Jujuy, it is now less expensive for Argentines to do it the other way around.

• Friday, February 16th 2024 - 11:28 UTC

  Defendant sentenced to nearly 40 years for involvement in Pecci's murder

  

  Defendant Margareth Lizeth Chacón Zúñiga was sentenced Thursday by a court in Cartagena to 39 years and 10 months in prison for her involvement in the murder of Paraguayan anti-Mafia Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci in May 2022 while honeymooning in Colombia. Pecci's family requested for Chacón the maximum sentence of 47 years in prison.

• Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

  Presidents Milei and Peña review bilateral issues at Casa Rosada

  

  Presidents Santiago Peña of Paraguay and Javier Milei of Argentina met Wednesday in Buenos Aires to discuss bilateral interests, such as the Yacyretá Binational Entity (EBY), the border crossing between both countries, trade integration, and free trade agreements between Mercosur and other regions.

• Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 09:02 UTC

  Protests expected in Asunción after opposition Senator is dismissed

  

  Paraguayan opposition Senator Kattya González of the National Encounter Party (PEN) was expelled from the Upper House Wednesday after 23 of her fellow lawmakers who responded to former President Horacio Cartes so voted, it was reported in Asunción.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2024 - 10:49 UTC

  Paraguayan President due in Buenos Aires for meeting with Milei

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña is making a snap trip to Buenos Aires on Wednesday to meet with his Argentine colleague Javier Milei, who has just returned from Italy. It will be their second encounter after Milei's Dec. 10 inauguration.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

  Paraguayan Navy officer shot while touring Montevideo

  

  Paraguayan Navy Captain Marcial Martínez Gayoso who is stationed in Montevideo on a Mercosur mission was shot Tuesday at the Fortaleza del Cerro historical site while visiting it with his family.

• Friday, February 9th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

  Paraguay chooses new Supreme Court Chief Justice

  

  Luis María Benítez Riera has been unanimously chosen as the new Chief Justice of Paraguay's Supreme Court, it was announced in Asunción Wednesday. Justice Gustavo Santander Dans was elected as Deputy Chief Justice by a majority vote and Alberto Martínez Simón will be third in line also after a unanimous decision.